Wednesday, December 25, 2024

zea mays mexicana

while i was rooting around in the plant room downstairs i came across some teosinte seeds from 2019...so i took five of them and soaked them in hydrogen peroxode for twenty minutes to break dormancy ( or attempt to...no idea if five year old, unfrozen seed, would be viable ) and put them in a dark place in a baggie wrapped in damp brown paper towel for a couple of weeks...
and a reasonable forty percet actually did germinate...
so i planted them in a container of garden soil and gave them a healthy watering...
and lowered the light...if they develop well i wil be planteing some of this seed outdoors in spring rather than thaw out a batch...stay tuned for develpments if you're interested

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